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Y Oregon City CoarieF. A. VT. OHKMKT, Fubllsber. REGON CITY OREGON EVENTS OF THE DAY Am Interesting Collection er Items Fro (he Two Hemisphere Presented n s Ceaesuaed Form. The report that the O. li. & N. Co, was contemplating an extension of its line to the Kootenai country has been officially domed at the offices in Port land. No mich enterpriHO is at present under consideration. The Mississippi river is on the rise. At Memphis it has reached 86.8, the highest record since- the establishment of the weather bureau. Alone the low lands of Arkansas there is great suffer ing among people who have been driven from their homes by the oncoming wa ters. A Missouri Paoiflc passenger train ran into a bunch of horses near Wolf Creek, Kan. The engineer and fire man were killed and a score of others injured, moBtly train employes. All the cars but the sleepers were over turned. The passengers escaped with comparative ease. A St. Petersburg dispatch states that Jail the admirals, exoept the French and - (Italian commanders have been ordered to immediately blockade the principal Greek ports, especially the port of Athens, Byra and Volo. An ulti matum will forthwith be addressed to Greece by the admirals of the foreign 'fleets. In revenge for being ejected from trains, tramps caused a wreck on the .Louisville & Nashville railway this morning. They spiked a switch, de railing and demolishing a freight train and causing heavy damage. The tramps had intended wrecking the Chi cago limited. They have been cap tured. Postmaster-General Gary has mado the definite announcement that the ad ministration had decied to adhere to the four-years-tenure-of-offlce policy for iall postmasters, except in a few cases where removal for cause was required )n acoount of delinquency, incompe .tency or unsatisfactory conduct of ad ministration of office. Professor J. B. McMasters, of the university of Pennsylvania, will arrive in Chicago this week with a bundie of manuscripts of the new school history of the United States, in which patriot ism is the keynote. The making of this history has been undertaken at the urgent requost of a committee of the Grand Army of the Republic An expedition is to be sent to North eastern Asia and Northwestern Amerioa to discover if possible the ancestry of the American Indian. Morris Jessup, president of the American MuBoum of Natural History of New York, is the originator of the expedition, and will pay all the bills conneoted with it, which during the six years of its con tinuance, will reaoh considerably over 60,000. A bill has been , introduced in the New York legislature providing for the placing of all the newspapers in the state undor the censorship or supervi sion of state authorities. Captain-General Weylor's latest edict is said to be an order that all women arrested in Cuba us "suspicious" shall be triod by court-martial. Weylor says that women are harder to subdue than men, and that if he had his way he would kill them first and try them af terward. Agent Randlett, of the Uintah and Ouray Indian agency, telegraphed Washington authorities there wore fif teen men who had made locations on the lands of the Uncoinpaghre reserve; that they hud refused to leave and that Uiero would be trouble unless troops Wero sent to eject them. The expense, of tho Oregon Soldiers' Home for February was $1,038, as shown by bills audited by the executive committee. Tho board estimates the government fund will keep tho house six months. Tho terms of Gulloway, Robertson and Rust, as trustees, have expired, and their successors will be ap pointed soon. Mrs. Thomas Drisooll attempted sui cide at Ileppner. Sho first tried to tako carbolic acid, but was preveunted by her husband, and directly afterward took a quantity of rough on ruts A physician wus immediately summoned, ud, by a vigorous uso of the stomach pump, her li fo wus saved. Domestic troubles are said to bo the cause. Gun on Rtianlan Warahlp Burnt. London, March 17. The correspond ent of the Times suys that while tho gunners of the Russian ironclad Ces noi Veliki were practicing yesterday, a gun burst, blowing tho top off a turret. Fourteen men and one officer were killed, and sixteen were wounded, five fatally. Canea, March 17. It is believed the i bursting of tho gun on tho Russian warship was duo to an ill-closed breech. The occupants of the turret were killed while the flying debris of the massive structure killed and wounded others. John lies committed suicide at Sum mit, twenty miles west of Olympia, bv w 1.... i - ! i ' 'l urmaiug inuu iuuiu. lie nail Deen 8UD- ! jeot to insane spoils. The body was found in a shack near the camp where : he had been working. I The reort that Japan had gone to the gold standard is now said to have been premature. A bill has been in- , traduced into the diet providing for a I change from the silver to the gold stand- ard, but no action upon it has as yet twen taken. i PLUNGED THROUGH A TRESTLE. Seven reraons Hurt In an Aeeldeut on the Southern Hallway. Home, Go., March 10. A frightful passenger train wreck occurred here early this morning on the iipproneh to the high bridge of tho Southern railway over Fort Owen river. Six people were injured, but nono fatally. The train wrecked was a passenger from Chattanooga, composed of one Pullman sleeper, a day coach, a smoker, a baggago and an express car, and five cars of perishable fust freight. About sixty feet from tho bridge is a trestle forty feet high crossing the Western Atlantio railroad trucks. Heavy rains caused the trestlo to give way. The freight cars, baggage cur and smoker fell, while the engine junked the track and plunged into the river. The wreck then caught fire. The fire department and citizens had much difficulty in cut ting out and rescuing the passengers in tne smoking car. J. lie i unman am 1 day coach did not leave tho track and were pushed back out of the llro. The escape of engineer Pitman, who bravely stuck to his lwst, was tiiiracu lous. The abutment of tho hrid m tore the tender from the engine, whic plunged down the bluff into the river The engineer, with his leg broken clung to tho engine und yelled for help No one heard him. Finally he fell into the river and then swum ashore, A NEWSPAPER'S EXPOSURES Alleged Corruption In Sacramento t'lty Affaire. Sacramento, March 10. The Bee ti day publishes the conclusion to it series of sensational stories alleging corruption in the city council. About a week ago the Bee printed a story to the effect that Carl von Arnold, wealthy Chicago saloonkeeper, hud set tled in Sacramento with the purpose of opening a big gambling den and concert hall. He was also to start a new daily paper. The Bee declared tluit it had evidence that Von Arnold was to put up f50,000 to estuhlisli the paper, an that he had made contracts with cer tain members of the board of trustees whereby he was to conduct his gam hi ing-house without interference from the authorities. All sorts of denials were made by the implicated people, out tne tiee insisteu tnat tiio evidence in its possession wus beyond dispute. Today the Bee announced that Von Arnold was a San Francisco detective in the employ of the Bee, and that he had been employed to expose suspected dishonesty among city officials. Von Arnold appeared before tho grand jury today and told the result of his investi gations. A NEGRO BURGLAR. HI Arrest Cause a Bloody Itaae Riot in Birmingham. Birmingham, Ala., March 10. Two tragic deaths, a policeman shot and a small race riot, in which a dozen per sons were more or less hurt, constituted the results of a fight which occurred in side of thirty minutes on the South Side this afternoon. A burglary was committed by Will Hunter, a negro, Pliooman Perdue was detailed on the case, and this afternoon found Hunter and arrested him. Hunter drew a pistol and fired, striking Perdue in the jaw, inflioting a dangerous wound. The negro mado a break for liberty, tho officer pursuing, and firing as ho run. After firing three shots, tho officer fell from exhaustion, his lust shot wounding Huntor fatally. It developed after ward that one of Pordue's shots killed Myrtle Bolund, a 5-year-old girl, who was playing in an alley, two blocks oway. When the police finally; took Huntor in charge, a mob of negroes fol lowed, threatening to rescne tho wounded prisoner. A number of whito men soon appeared, and a general free fight ensued between tin negoes and whites, in which fully a dozen persons were more or less wounded and several negroes badly beaten. Vetoed by the flovoruor. Olympia, March 16. Governor Rogers decided this afternoon that ho would veto the appropriation of $25, 650 for tho Cheney normal schoo' nid f 37,500 for tho New Whatcom i r ml school. Ho reached this dotorniiii..lioii after a careful inspection of the geneial appropriation bill. His reasons for vetoing these items aro embodied in a statement which he gave out. Bill! Approved by the Coventor. Olympia, March 10. The governor today approved tho following bills: House bill 31 An act relating to as signments and satisfactions of judg ments. Senato bill . 2S8 An act fixing the fees to bo paid the secretary of state by corporations doing business in this state, and declaring an emergency. House bill 118 Providing for tho dissolution of municipal corporations of tho tihrd and fourth classes; emergency clause. House bill 884 Providing for tho reservations of portions of the public highways for bicyclists and foot pas sengers. House bill 234 For the protection of f"'B "V . . " . '".,a 1 ""!? i . i . , . ... , a penalty lor tho violation thereof. ; Section 23 was vetoed for the reason that it appears to bo an attempt to tine members of sporting clubs for belong in; to such cluhs. Baby Fatally SraMeil. Tacoma, Wash., March 16. While rs. Ivlmonson, wife of Conductor C. X. Edmonson, was giving her infant daughter a bath, sho left it for a few moments to procure some cold water, the water in the tub being too hot. By some means the child fell into the tub, and was so badly scalded that its life is despaired of. The snti-trust law enacted in Georgia is a very coinpivhrucive and drastic one. TO PISS TARIFF BILL Extra Session of Congress Beffins Its Work, HEED . IS ELECTED SPEAKER Credential of Corbatl Presented and Xteforred to Committed bit WIV" ties and Blestlonit The fifty-fifth house of representa tives met Monday for the work before it. Although the proceedings were per functory, the scene was a brilliant one. The most striking feature of the scene on the floor was the number of new faces. Familiar figures conspicuous in the shock of many parliamentary bat tles had disappeared, and in the lists were new and untried knights. The change of personnel was very great. By 11 o'olock the reserved galleries, except those for the diplomatic corps and exec utive, were walled in, tier on tier. At 12 o'clock, Major McDowell, the clerk, rapped the house to order. Rev. Mr. Couden, the blind chaplain, deliv ered an invocation, appealing for God's blessing on the work of the new con gress and the new administration. The clerk read the president's proclamation convening congress, after which the roll was called. The vote on speaker, which resulted, Reed 199, Bailey 114, Bell 21 and New lands 1, aligned several unclassified members. Speaker Reed was enthusiastically received on his appearance in the house after his eleotion, and made a graceful and drily humorous speech in assuming the gavel. According to the time-honored cus tom, Harmer of Pennsylvania, the old est member in continuous sevice, ad ministered the oath to the speaker. After the new members had been sworn in by the speaker, the oath was administered by unanimous consent to Dolliver of Iowa, Bell of Texas and Pierce and MoMillin of Tennessee, whose credentials hud not arrived. Grosvenor presented a resolution, which was adopted, for election of can didates for other officers of the house, as follows: Clerk, Alexander McDowell, of Penn sylvania; sergeant-at-arms, Benjamin F. Russell, of Missouri; doorkeeper, W. Glenn, of New York; postmaster, J. C. McElroy, of Ohio; chaplain, Henry N. Couden. The usual formal resolution of notifi cation of assembling was adopted. When Henderson of Iowa, offered the usual resolution for adoption tempor arily of the rules of the last house, an ineffectual attempt was made, under the leadership of Hepburn, to limit the operation of the rules of the last con gress, which were adopted temporarily, to thirty days. The Democrats, 'Popu lists and lourtcen Republicans support ed him, but they were defeated, 183 to 152. This was the only incident out of the ordinary conneoted with the pro ceedings' today. The president's mes sage was applauded vigorously, as was Dingley when he introduced the new tariff bill. The , speaker appointed the Republi can members of the old committee on ways and means, and added Bailey of Texas, Robertson of Louisiana and Swanson of Virginia to the Democratic members.' ' In the Senate. There was an abundance of .flowers on the desks of the senators when at 12 o'clock Mr. Hobart called the senate to order. The galleries were filled. - The ohaplain's prayer invoked divino grace and blessing on the senators and mem bers now about to take up the work of the extraordinary session, and on the president and vice-president. The roll-call disclosed the presence of sixty- eight senators. The new senator from Kansas, W. A. Harris,; took the oath of offloe. McBride of Oregon presented the ere- entials of Henry W. Corbett, appointed by the governor of Oregon to fill the vacancy caused by the failure to elect a successor to Mitchell. The governor's certificate was read. 'McBride request ed that the new senator be sworn in, if there should he no- objection. Gray of JJeiaware sunt some unusual circum stances attended tho appointment, and the credentials should he referred to the committee on privileges and elec- lons. The motion prevailed by a unan imous vote. Hoar of Massachusetts and Coekrcll of Missouri were named a committee to wait on the president and inform him that congress was ready to receive any communication trom him. .The senate at 12:30 took a recess until 2. At 3 o'clock a further recess was taken until 3, to give further time to the committee appointed to wait upon the president. At 8 o'clock the session was resumed. Hoar and Cockrell reported that they had called on the president. Secretary Pruden, of the White House staff, uiacuuuii Bir much lurnuru. messuce in 3 t J ; hand. It was sent to the desk and the reading began amid the close attention ( and develop our mining and building, of the senators. It took but ten min- j and to render to labor in every field of utes to read the message, and there- ' useful occupation liberal wages and ad after, on motion of Allison, the senate equate rewards, to which skill and in adjourned. ' dustry are justly entitled. " I The necessity of the passage of a Minister". Tragic Death. : tariff ,aw hich shal, provije ampIe Milwaukee, March 17. The body of revenue need not be further urged. Rev. George II. Wells, of Dover, 111. The imperative demand of the Lour is was found alongside the St. Paul track the prompt enactment of such a meas near Wauwatosa station. He had been nre, and to this object I earnestly rec struck by a train. Appearances and 0mmend that congress shall make ev tbe surrounding circumstances seemed ery endeavor. Bffore other business is to indicate suicide. : transacted, let us first provide sufficient ; . revenues to faithfully administer the There are three sisters in Kingston, ' government without contracting further Jamaica, who had, respectively, nine- 1 debt or continued disturbance of our teen, twenty and twenty-one children, finances. WILLIAM M'KIXLEY. all of whom are still living. , Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. Tieeesalty for Enactment Tlirlir Bill. of New The president Monday, sent the fol lowing message to congress: Regretting tho necessity which has required me to call you together, I feel that your assembling in extraordinary session is indispensable because of the condition in which we find the reve nues of the government. It is conced ed that its current of expenditures are greater than its receipts, and that such condition has existed now for more than three years. With unlimited means at our command, wo are presenting the re- niarnuuio spectacle oi increasing our public debts by borrowing money to meet ordinary outlays incident upon an even, economical and prudent adminis tration of the government. Examina tion of the subject discloses this fact in every detail and leads to the inevitable conclusion that the condition of the revenue which ullows it is unjustifiable and should be corrected. We find by the reports of the secre- tary or. tne treasury tnat tho revenues for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1892, from all sources, were $425,808,200.22, and the expenditures for all purposes were $415,958,800.00, leaving an ex cess of receipts over expenditures of $9,914,454.10. During that fiscal year, $40,570,407.98 wus paid upon the pub lio debt, which has been reduced since March 1, 1890, $259,070,890, and the annual interest charges decreased $11, 084,570.00. The receipts of the government from all sources during tho fiscal year ending June 80, 1893, amounted to $385,818, 629, and its expenditures $388,477,954, showing an excess of receipts over ey penditures of $3,841,674. Since tint time, the receipts of no fiscal year and, with but few exceptions, of no month of any fiscal year, have exceeded ex penditures. The receipts of the government from all sources during the fiscal year end ing June 80, 1894, were $372,982, 498.29, and its expenditures, $442,605, 758.87, leaving a deficit, the first time since the resumption of specie pav- ments of $09,803,200.58. Notwith standing the decrease of $10,709,128.78 in the ordinary expenses of the govern ment, as compared with the previous fiscal year, its income was still not suf ficient to provide for its daily neces sities, and the gold reserve in the treas ury for the redemption of greenbacks was drawn upon to meet them. But this did not suffice, and the government then resorted to loans to replenish the reserve. In February 1894, $50,000,000 bonds were issued, and in the November fol lowing a second issue of $50,000,000 was deemed necessary. The sum of $117,171,795 was realized by the sale of these bonds, but the' reserve was steadily decreased until on February 8, 1895, a third sale of $63,315,400 bonds for $65,110,244 was announced to con gress. The rcoeipts of the government for tne nscai year ending June 80, 1895, were $390,878,203.80, and the expend itures, $433,178,428.48, showing a de ficit of $48,805,223. 18. A further loan of $100,000,000 was negotiated by the government in February, 1898, the sale netting $111,166,240, and swelling the aggregate bonds issued within three years to $262,815,400. For the fiscal year , ending June 80, 1890, the revenues of the government from all sources amounted to $409, 475, 4Q8.78, while its expenditures were $434,878,654.48, or an . excess of ex penditures over receipts of $25,205, 245.70.' In other words, the total re ceipts of the three fiscal years ending June 80, 1896, were insufficient by $137,811,729.46 to meet the total ex penditures. Nor has this condition since im- proved. For the first half of the pres ent nscal year, the receipts of tho gov ernment, exclusive of postal revenues, wero $157,507,603.70 and the expendi tures, exclusive of tho postal service, $195,410,000.29, or on excess of ex penditures over receipts of $37,902, 896.46. In January of this year there was a deficit of $5,952,895.24 for the month. It may be urged that even if the revenues of the government hud been sufficient to meet all its ordinary ex penses during the past three years, the gold reserve would still have been in sufficient to meet the demands upon it, i and that bonds would necessarily have ! been issued for its repletion. Be this I as it may, it is clearly manifest, with out denying or affirming the correcl I ness of such conclusion, that the debt i would have been decreased in at least the amount of the deficit and business ; confidence immeasurably strengthened throughout the country. Congress should promptly correct the i existing conditions. Ample revenues ; must be supplied, not only for the or : dinary expenses of the government, but i for the prompt payment of liberal pen sions and liquidation of the principal and interest of the public debt. In raising revenues, duties should be so levied upon foreign products as to pre serve the home market as far as possi ble to our producers, to revive and in crease manufactories, to relieve and en courage agriculture, to increase our do- mestic and foreign jcoramerce, to aid El OF THE SESSION Both Branches Worked Hard on the Last Day. BILLS THAT PASSED BOTH HOUSES Summary of the 'Work Pone In Olympia by the Fifth Session of the Washington Legislature. The fifth session of the Washington legislature adjourned sine die early Fri day morning. The closing scenes wore unusually interesting and at times ex citing. Both branches of the legisla ture worked hard all day Thursday. Tho lobbies wero packed with specta tors, and the sergeant-at-arms was often ordered to clear the floor space of lobbyists within the bar of each house, to give room to move about. Conference committees were the or der of tho day, and accomplished im portant work in bringing the houses to agreements. The most important were those having on hand the freight-rato reduction bill and the general appro priation bill. The former finally effect ed an agreement during the afternoon, and the freight-rate bill soon went to the governor. Tho appropriations bill wus not so easily settled, and it was long after midnight when any kind of an agreement was reached. The clock was stopped at midnight, and it was near sunrise when final ad journment was effected. The cause of delay was the contest over the appro priation bill, ar.d the time given enroll ing olerks to prepare the bills for the signatures of the presiding officers of eaoh body. Some members protested against continuing after midnight, but to no avail. 1 The resolution to investigate the penitentiary was lost in the senate. Resume of the Work. Below is a summary of the import ant bills that have passed both houses of the legislature during the fifth ses sion: Fixing order of payment of debts of decedents. Approved by the governor, Regarding assignment and cancelhi' tion of mortgages. Approved. Reducing salaries of warden and clerk of the state penitentiary to $1,400 and $1,000 per annum, respectively. Ap proved. Defining theonme of rape, and fixing the age of consent at 18 years. An proved. Fixing the duties of coroner when the sheriff is incapacitated. Approved. Protecting manufacturers, bottlers and other dealers in liquors. Approved. Granting bounty for production of sugar. Tins bill provides for the state to pay 1 cent per pound, as bounty, to manufacturers, for all sugar manufac tured within the state. Providing that property assessed for street improvement purposes may be sold on ten days' notice after the assess ment falls due, without foreclosure pro ceedings. Providing for suing the sureties on bonds by laborers or others, on con tracts for street or other municipal im provements. Providing prior liens for employes against the real or personal property of employers of labor. Authorizing bringing of suits for dis tribution of funds of insolvent insur ance companies. Providing for incorporation of ceme tery associations. To prevent unauthorized interference with electric wires, meters and cables. Making all debts payable in lawful money or currency of the United States. Protecting trade-makrs, labels and advertisements. The anti-option deficiency judgment law, providing that in all proceedings for the foreclosure of mortgages here after executed, or on judgments ren dered upon the debt thereby secured, the mortgagee or assignee shall be lim ited to the property included in the mortgage. Exempting from execution and at tachment to householders and freehold ers personal property to the amount of $1,000. V hen any person dies seized of exempt property, leaving heirs, such property shall be set aside for the use of such heirs, free from all claims against the deceased. Submitting an amendment to the constitution to the voters of the state, at the next general election, embodying the right of woman suffrage. Giving the owners of lands abutting upon tidelands the prior right for sixty days to apply for the purchase of said lands. Relating to admission of attorneys ana counseilors-at-law. Approved. Defining motions and orders. Relating to removal of attorneys. Approved. Relating to new trials. Approved. To prevent attorneys advertising for divorce cases. Approved. Prohibiting the discharge of ballast in bays. Relating to the duration of judg. ments, and providing that after the ex piration of six years from the rendition of any judgment it shall cease to be a lien or charge against the estate or per son oi ttie judgment debtor. Providing a new revenue and taxation law, in which many important changes are made. Creating a bureau of labor to protect the health and lives of employes. For the better protection of railway switches. Permitting the organization of cor porations for the purpose of clearing out rivers and streams, and fixins i maximum tolls. j For the protection of game animals and fish, and song birds. Establishing a uniform system of i blanks in the counties of the state. J Appointing an inspector of coal ' mines for the protection of coal miners. To prevent the Introduction or spread of disease among sheep. Allowing farmers and grda tors to peddle their products in cities without licenses. Allowing married women to act as administratrix or executrix of deceased persons. For the protection of honey bees. Approved. To proteot tho cheeso and milk in dustry by compelling proper marking of cheeso imported into tho state. Ap proved. Muking it compulsory to record all deeds, mortgages and assignments of mortgages in county whore property is located. Approved. Extending the right of eminent do main to mining corporations, for th purpose of building trainronds, eto. Fixing the fees to be paid to the sec retary of state by . corporations. For filing artiolcs of incorporation, $10; filing amendatory or supplemental ar ticles, $10; certified copy of articles, $5; annual license fee, to bo paid be fore July 1 each year, $10, for all cor porations incorporated before or after tho passago of this act. Providing for the reservation and im provement of a portion of the public highways for bicycles and foot passen gers. Providing for dissolution of the mu nicipal corporations of the third and fourth class. Authorizing cities to acquire and maintain water works anof waterpower, gas and electrio light plants. Providing a method for collecting as sessments for local improvements, es pecially for Seattle. Providing for voting on constitution al amendment relative to taxation. Fixing the maximum railroad freight rate at $4.25 a ton for distances of 850 miles for grain, etc, and other reduc tions. Authorizing cities to - sell water works, gas or electrio light works upon a vote of the people. Appropriating $10,000 for a wagon road from Lylo, in Klickitat county, to Washougal, in Clark oounty. Appropriating $20,000 for the com pletion of the state road from Marcus to Marble Mount. Appropriating $10,000 for a stato road from King county to Yakima, via Natchez pass. . Appropriating $10,000 for a stato road from Gand Forks to La Push. Aprropriating $2,500 for a stuto road from Montesano to Brookfield. Abolihsing boards of control for the Eeastern and Western insane ayslum, for the penitentiary, the Soldiers' Homo and the reform school, and providing for a board of five citizens, one of whom shall be commissioner of publio institu tions and auditor of accounts, at a sal ary of $1,500. Authorizing the commissioner of state lands to lease mineral lands owned by the state, original locators having a. preference for ninety days. Providing that, as to all negotiablo paper, the time intervening between Saturday noon and Sunday midnight be declared a legal holiday. Granting debtors the right of posses Bion of real property during the period of redemption. To prevent destruction of miners' lo cation stakes or notices, and providing a penalty. . Abolishing municipal courts in tho cities of Spokane, Seattle and Tacoma on January 1,' 1898, and giving justices of the peace jurisdiction to perform tho work of municipal courts. Creating a board of forest commis sioners, consisting . of the governor, treasurer, commissioner of publio lands and the professors of forestry in tho state., university and agricultural col lege. Providing for tho disorganization of irrigation districts. Requiring street oars to be provided with pilots, fenders or aprons. Providing for the service of summons and complaints upon corporations if. the hands of receivers. For the protection of sturgeon in tho Columbia. Providing that at the general election to be held in November, 1898, thero shall be but one justice of the peace and one constable eleoted in cities of tho first class. The salary of justices is fixed at $1,000, and of constables at $720 per annum. Amending the laws relative to fish ing with view to the protection of salmon, and increasing the license for traps. Defining the boundaries of Chohalis county. Relating to estates of insane and in competent persons. Providing for a current expense fund in cities of the third class. Relating to the settlement of estates of docedents. Relating to arid land, and creating a commission for the reclamation of arid land and appropriating $30,000 therefor. Allowing corporations tt become sureties on bonds of officials, and regu lating such corporations To regulate insurance companies, re quiring that policies be written by local agents; that a license be secured from the state, and that 2 per cent on all policies be paid to the state; that state ments be published in two daily papers each year; that in case of a total loss the fnll amount of the policy be paid, and prohibiting insurance combina tions. Allowing road funds collected in city limits to be turned over to the munici pality. Approp'iating $10,000 for a guaran tee of interest on warrants for the con struction of the capitol. To establish and maintain a fish hatchery on theChehalis river, and ap propriating $3,000 therefor. Appropriating $15,000 for a stato road from Wenatchee up the Columbia to the Methow, and to the Twisp river. To protect natnral oyster beds, and appropriating $10,000 therefor. Appropriating $4,187 for the relief of W. B. Davy, for building the Whatcom normal school, Is V